A simpler way.

No Big Data experience–no problem

If you want to process Big Data – you will need a cluster of servers to provide the horsepower for the applications to work through all the gigabytes, terabytes and petabytes your business creates. Unlike traditional Enterprise applications, Big Data applications rely on a completely new underlying infrastructure which has been specifically architected to cope with the very large volumes of data generated by businesses today.

Hadoop and Spark are the two leading platform tools which form the bedrock of this underlying infrastructure. For the inexperienced, the complexity is high and the associated learning curve is steep – and all this is needed before you can even begin to think about loading up the actual Big Data applications you want to run. The complexity of set-up and on-going maintenance of Hadoop/Spark clusters is a huge barrier to deployment and the most common place where Big Data projects fail to achieve lift-off.

With ClusterGX™, Galactic Exchange solves this complexity problem by fully automating Hadoop/Spark cluster set-up. The ClusterGX™ deployment process takes something that normally, even in the best cases, takes days, usually takes weeks and sometimes takes months – and turns it literally into as little as a 5-minute process. If you have the ability to install a smartphone app, then you can create a Hadoop/Spark cluster with Galactic Exchange.

We manage it for you.

We make Hadoop/Spark clusters super easy to deploy & manage

Our unique cloud management does all the Cluster & Master Node heavy lifting, so you can take it easy.

Hadoop and Spark clusters require dedicated nodes to manage the cluster. These so-called “Master Nodes” are responsible for issuing instructions to the compute nodes in the cluster about which task each should perform at any given moment in time. Master nodes add more complexity to the set up process, they need to be managed themselves and require dedicated hardware.

At Galactic Exchange we solve that problem for you. We do all the Master Node set up – automatically – and we host, monitor and maintain the master nodes in our cloud service so you don’t have to dedicate any hardware or effort to the task. Your data is still totally secure – the Master Nodes never get involved in actual processing of data, so none of your user-data ever needs to leave your premise or cloud provider location. In addition, all communication between your cluster compute nodes and the cloud based Master Nodes runs over a secure, encrypted VPN which is also automatically set up during deployment. In addition to taking care of your Master Nodes, our cloud management service allows you to login and manage your clusters from anywhere you can get an internet connection. Now from a smartphone, tablet or PC, you can manage any ClusterGX™deployment from anywhere in the world.

Based on alien technology.

Well, almost

We combine our rocket science with elements such as Docker, Apache Mesos and more to help everything run efficiently.

There is a lot of great open source technology out there today – but the trick is understanding how to bring those pieces together, to make a whole product with a value which is greater than the sum of its parts. Along with Spark and Hadoop, at Galactic Exchange we use market leading open source technologies such as Docker (for containers) and Mesos (for compute resource management) as well as a number of other open source technologies. Our vision is to take these wonderful technologies, add our own extensive ingredients to the mix – and then deliver a product which is exceedingly powerful but easy and straightforward to use at the same time.

5-minute install.

No experience needed … really … none

Lots of companies talk about making things easy – but easy is a relative term. If you can install an smartphone app then you can install ClusterGX™.

Go to www.galacticexchange.io and create a free account. This will involve creating your username and password credentials.

For each node that you wish to add to the cluster, go to www.galacticexchange.io and download the ClusterGX™ App.

As you install the App (which takes about a minute) you will be prompted for your account credentials

That’s it – Galactic Exchange does the rest. You have created your cluster, and you can add or remove more nodes as you require. Setting up a cluster with a couple of nodes will typically take less than 5 minutes with a few minutes more for each additional node. There is no defined limit to the size of the cluster.

Ease of use aside, Galactic Exchange is pioneering advances in two distinct areas. They are not encumbered by legacy VM constraints, so they are catching the Container wave and creating this new ground-breaking management approach by both using and enhancing the flexibility and agility of a Docker-centric architecture. Second, by moving the complexity of cluster and Hadoop/Spark management into their cloud service while preserving all big data and computing nodes on-premise, they are really simplifying and accelerating customer adoption.

They are essentially unlocking the opportunity for many more businesses to take easy advantage of new analysis solutions, data lakes, and even IoT opportunities. We view this smart cloud-centered management approach as a very positive trend which we are starting to also see in a number of other areas.

Mike MatchettSenior Analyst, Taneja Group

The Big Data market has grown rapidly to be a multi-billion dollar industry but it is generally recognized that continued complexity is the greatest barrier to broad adoption. Anything which helps reduce this complexity and accelerate the time to value for an organization must be a considered a very positive thing.

Nik RoudaSenior Analyst for Big Data, ESG-Global

Galactic Exchange came out of stealth mode today with a great idea. It claims it can spin up a Hadoop cluster for you in 5 minutes, ready to go. That’s no small feat if it works as advertised and greatly simplifies what has traditionally been a process wrought with complexity.